Cpt.Caveman Posted November 1, 2003 Author Posted November 1, 2003 Does anyone own one of these? I wonder the yen to dollar ratio... https://www2.montbell.com/english/asp/products/Spg_shosai.asp?cat=2101&hinban=1128369 Quote
cj001f Posted November 1, 2003 Posted November 1, 2003 Cpt.Caveman said: Does anyone own one of these? I wonder the yen to dollar ratio... It's available here for $150. You might also try REI - who now carries Montbell, or next time your in Boulder stop by their store. For useless trivia, what climber was product advisor the last time Montbell was around? Quote
Alpine_Tom Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 cj001f said: mattp said:(For just plain hiking, an umbrella is not a bad idea either.) Umbrella's blow. If it's raining enough that I want rain protection - an umbrella doesn't do jack for me (it'll keep me dry to maybe my midtorso), unless it's one of those monster PGA specials that don't fit on trails. Of all the dumb Jardine pitched ideas that one's tops. The one time I tried hiking with a small collapsable umbrella (the sunrise mine trail) I thought it worked really well. It wouldn't be such a hot idea if you need an ice axe or poles, or if it was really windy, of course, but I think Jardin was talking mostly about hiking on places like the PCT. Quote
mattp Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 That's what I was talking about, AT - just plain hiking. There are plenty of times I've been quite happy with the bumbershoot. Once at Shoqualmie Pass I found one very nice while riding the chairlift, too. When I visitted Germany a few years back, they were selling them with a wooden pole and plastic stays because they said you had to have a special "alpine vettershute" or something in order to be safe during thunderstorms. Quote
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